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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 601-700)BETA
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This list shows the highest grossing Screenwriters based on the worldwide box office of the movies they worked on.
Since we are still actively researching technical roles, we consider this chart to be in beta mode. The table includes data for movies in The Numbers database. While we make every effort to collect all available data, there are inevitably omissions and errors. Please help us by sending corrections to corrections@the-numbers.com.
| Rank | Name | Worldwide Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 601 | Kat Likkel | $484,866,724 | 1 | $484,866,724 |
| 602 | Brenda Hsueh | $484,866,724 | 2 | $242,433,362 |
| 603 | Paul Feig | $484,823,595 | 4 | $121,205,899 |
| 604 | Kenneth Lonergan | $484,324,404 | 6 | $80,720,734 |
| 605 | Jason Friedberg | $480,188,047 | 6 | $80,031,341 |
| 606 | Aaron Seltzer | $480,188,047 | 6 | $80,031,341 |
| 607 | Helen Fielding | $479,893,436 | 2 | $239,946,718 |
| 608 | Shin Adachi | $479,597,304 | 1 | $479,597,304 |
| 609 | Yu Bu | $479,597,304 | 1 | $479,597,304 |
| 610 | Yupeng Guo | $479,597,304 | 1 | $479,597,304 |
| 611 | Scott Beck | $475,254,104 | 6 | $79,209,017 |
| 612 | Bryan Woods | $475,254,104 | 6 | $79,209,017 |
| 613 | Jeff Schaffer | $473,393,930 | 4 | $118,348,483 |
| 614 | Patrick Lussier | $473,242,430 | 4 | $118,310,608 |
| 615 | Ge Rui | $472,648,086 | 1 | $472,648,086 |
| 616 | Josh Goldsmith | $471,763,835 | 2 | $235,881,918 |
| 617 | Cathy Yuspa | $471,763,835 | 2 | $235,881,918 |
| 618 | William Peter Blatty | $471,204,056 | 4 | $117,801,014 |
| 619 | Dan O’Bannon | $468,326,558 | 5 | $93,665,312 |
| 620 | Wallace Wolodarsky | $467,772,336 | 4 | $116,943,084 |
| 621 | Gene Stupnitsky | $467,681,509 | 4 | $116,920,377 |
| 622 | Mark Steven Johnson | $465,284,072 | 4 | $116,321,018 |
| 623 | Ben Affleck | $464,706,335 | 5 | $92,941,267 |
| 624 | Nick Bakay | $464,164,182 | 3 | $154,721,394 |
| 625 | Jeff Loveness | $463,635,303 | 2 | $231,817,652 |
| 626 | Charles Lederer | $462,729,015 | 4 | $115,682,254 |
| 627 | John Lasseter | $461,630,558 | 1 | $461,630,558 |
| 628 | Phil Lorin | $461,630,558 | 1 | $461,630,558 |
| 629 | David Levien | $459,815,674 | 7 | $65,687,953 |
| 630 | Judy Morris | $456,359,063 | 3 | $152,119,688 |
| 631 | Michael B. Gordon | $454,161,935 | 1 | $454,161,935 |
| 632 | Jason Segel | $454,140,560 | 4 | $113,535,140 |
| 633 | Daniel Waters | $454,138,273 | 5 | $90,827,655 |
| 634 | Stephen Gaghan | $452,050,913 | 7 | $64,578,702 |
| 635 | Han Jianu | $451,183,392 | 1 | $451,183,392 |
| 636 | Zhong Wei | $451,183,392 | 1 | $451,183,392 |
| 637 | Muye Wen | $451,183,392 | 1 | $451,183,392 |
| 638 | Bill Kelly | $451,144,593 | 3 | $150,381,531 |
| 639 | Harry Brown | $450,728,529 | 1 | $450,728,529 |
| 640 | Janice Karman | $450,287,525 | 2 | $225,143,763 |
| 641 | Ross Bagdasarian Jr | $450,287,525 | 2 | $225,143,763 |
| 642 | Steve Martin | $449,757,080 | 9 | $49,973,009 |
| 643 | Rob Lieber | $448,106,659 | 4 | $112,026,665 |
| 644 | Craig Brewer | $446,434,795 | 4 | $111,608,699 |
| 645 | Zach Shields | $445,088,307 | 2 | $222,544,154 |
| 646 | Lee Batchler | $444,998,177 | 2 | $222,499,089 |
| 647 | Janet Scott Batchler | $444,998,177 | 2 | $222,499,089 |
| 648 | Chloé Zhao | $444,813,627 | 5 | $88,962,725 |
| 649 | Karl Gajdusek | $444,648,800 | 6 | $74,108,133 |
| 650 | Marc Silverstein | $444,540,792 | 5 | $88,908,158 |
| 651 | Sam Hamm | $444,427,205 | 3 | $148,142,402 |
| 652 | Robert Ludlum | $444,043,396 | 1 | $444,043,396 |
| 653 | Gillian Flynn | $443,145,481 | 2 | $221,572,741 |
| 654 | Edmond Wong | $441,537,169 | 5 | $88,307,434 |
| 655 | S.S. Rajamouli | $440,787,867 | 3 | $146,929,289 |
| 656 | Andrew Davies | $440,594,695 | 4 | $110,148,674 |
| 657 | Michael Handelman | $440,553,123 | 4 | $110,138,281 |
| 658 | David Guion | $440,553,123 | 4 | $110,138,281 |
| 659 | Delia Ephron | $440,497,205 | 4 | $110,124,301 |
| 660 | Alan J. Pakula | $439,306,577 | 4 | $109,826,644 |
| 661 | Duncan Jones | $438,899,824 | 2 | $219,449,912 |
| 662 | Darnell Metayer | $437,944,638 | 1 | $437,944,638 |
| 663 | Josh Peters | $437,944,638 | 1 | $437,944,638 |
| 664 | Claude-Michel Schönberg | $435,292,452 | 1 | $435,292,452 |
| 665 | Herbert Kretzmer | $435,292,452 | 1 | $435,292,452 |
| 666 | Alain Boublil | $435,292,452 | 1 | $435,292,452 |
| 667 | Tom Stoppard | $435,074,186 | 9 | $48,341,576 |
| 668 | Jeff Vintar | $433,761,415 | 2 | $216,880,708 |
| 669 | Tony McNamara | $433,759,440 | 4 | $108,439,860 |
| 670 | Yu Yonggan | $433,168,672 | 1 | $433,168,672 |
| 671 | Marlon Wayans | $432,341,931 | 7 | $61,763,133 |
| 672 | Bradley Cooper | $431,674,156 | 1 | $431,674,156 |
| 673 | Xing Aina | $426,018,342 | 2 | $213,009,171 |
| 674 | Chris Viscardi | $425,057,960 | 2 | $212,528,980 |
| 675 | Will McRobb | $425,057,960 | 2 | $212,528,980 |
| 676 | Chris Bremmer | $424,471,663 | 1 | $424,471,663 |
| 677 | Michael Blake | $424,208,805 | 1 | $424,208,805 |
| 678 | Richard Maibaum | $421,467,035 | 4 | $105,366,759 |
| 679 | Andrea Berloff | $421,374,555 | 7 | $60,196,365 |
| 680 | Al Reinert | $420,934,101 | 2 | $210,467,051 |
| 681 | Marc Guggenheim | $420,395,046 | 2 | $210,197,523 |
| 682 | Darren Aronofsky | $420,198,935 | 5 | $84,039,787 |
| 683 | Daniel Petrie Jr | $420,139,164 | 4 | $105,034,791 |
| 684 | Brian Koppleman | $420,113,528 | 4 | $105,028,382 |
| 685 | Mark Heyman | $419,408,735 | 3 | $139,802,912 |
| 686 | Dana Stevens | $418,293,750 | 7 | $59,756,250 |
| 687 | Jim Jennewein | $418,058,121 | 4 | $104,514,530 |
| 688 | Tom S. Parker | $418,058,121 | 4 | $104,514,530 |
| 689 | Paul Weitz | $417,852,726 | 10 | $41,785,273 |
| 690 | Mark Levin | $416,562,886 | 4 | $104,140,722 |
| 691 | Christopher Rouse | $416,168,316 | 1 | $416,168,316 |
| 692 | Alexander Payne | $415,679,233 | 3 | $138,559,744 |
| 693 | Don Roos | $413,482,493 | 7 | $59,068,928 |
| 694 | Barry Morrow | $412,800,000 | 2 | $206,400,000 |
| 695 | Krysty Wilson-Cairns | $411,723,021 | 4 | $102,930,755 |
| 696 | Allison Burnett | $411,132,395 | 10 | $41,113,240 |
| 697 | Gary Whitta | $410,250,482 | 2 | $205,125,241 |
| 698 | Christopher Wood | $410,093,902 | 3 | $136,697,967 |
| 699 | Dylan Kussman | $409,953,905 | 1 | $409,953,905 |
| 700 | Sheldon Turner | $408,919,007 | 5 | $81,783,801 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.